A psychosomatic study for the functions of ghrelin.

UMIN ID: UMIN000000579

Registered date:31/03/2010

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Eating disorder
• Date of first enrollment: 2001/04/01
• Target sample size: 200
• Countries of recruitment: Japan
• Study type: Interventional

Intervention(s)

Subjects for patient group are patients with eating disorder. Inpatients are participated from admission to six months after discharge and outpatients are participated for six months after first oral glucose tolerance test. The treatment consists of behavioral therapy, nutritional rehabilitation and medication. Oral glucose tolerance test is administered before treatment, during treatment and after treatment.
Subjects for control group are healthy volunteers. Oral glucose tolerance test is administered.

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: feeding regulatory peptides(e.g.,ghrelin), eating behaviour, nutritional change

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: Not applicable
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Female
• Exclude criteria: The subjects are excluded if they had a history of alcohol abuse, substance abuse, gastrointestinal disease, diabetes mellitus or other metabolic diseases.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare